Man Charged With Killing Indiana Police Officer Tries to Avoid Death Penalty by Seeking Insanity Defense

A man charged with killing an Indiana Police officer is seeking an insanity defense and is trying to avoid the death penalty.

A man charged with killing an Indiana Police Officer in 2020 is now seeking an insanity defense (PHOTO: AP News)

Man Charged With Killing Indiana Police Officer

A man is charged with killing an Indiana police officer.

Four Indiana Police officers were responding to a domestic violence call involving a man named Elliahs Dorsey when one of the police officers, Breann Leath was shot to death through the door of an Indianapolis apartment.

She died of two gunshots in her head.

Elliahs Dorsey faces one count each of murder and criminal confinement, and four counts of attempted murder, one of which stems from his alleged shooting of a woman he had confined inside the apartment.

A Marion County judge ruled this month that prosecutors can seek the death penalty against Dorsey.

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Man Charged With Killing Seeks Insanity Defense

 Elliahs Dorsey, the man charged with killing Indianapolis police officer Breann Leath of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is seeking an insanity defense, AP News reported.

His attorneys filed a motion with the court Wednesday with a report prepared by a doctor stating that he was suffering from a mental illness when he fatally shot the Indiana police officer.

The man charged with killing is clearly trying to avoid his death penalty. Dorsey’s trial currently is scheduled to begin on Sept. 18.

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